Finland Is Model Nation and Its Social System
Finland, praised for war payment discipline, features no slums, illiteracy, or privileged class. It boasts equal suffrage in theory and practice, Paavo Nurmi as a national athlete, broad education, strong social welfare, and women in Parliament.
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Frederic J. Haskin
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Paavo’ Nurmi
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Arctic Ocean
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County Reports Cash Balance and Tax Figures in August
County Treasurer Harry McCann reports General Fund balance $1,357.39 on Aug 31 after receipts and disbursements totaling $2,821.79. Disbursements include circuit court warrants $18.00 and dog tax operations with 527.83 on hand, plus road debt funds and relief fund balances.
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Harry McCann
Board of Supervisors
General Fund
Back Creek
Gainesboro
British Women Dominate Match at Essex County Club
The British Curtis Cup team led by two and a half points to a half point over the American team after the first two days. They aimed to add several singles wins today to reclaim the trophy held since 1932.
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Manchester
Mass
Essex County Club
Building Permits Rise in Danville August Activity
Danville officials report higher construction activity in August with 33 building permits totaling 60 144 dollars, up from 29 permits and 42 680 dollars in July. Most August permits were for building alterations.
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Danville
Carl Broome Campaign Food Stunt Seeks Senate Nomination
Seattle voters are advised not to discard Carl Broome's campaign literature as he pitches for the Democratic nomination for State Senate. He hawks hotcakes at his restaurant branded with Carl Broome for Senator as a publicity effort.
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Seattle
Carl Broome
Broome
Berryville Social Notes Highlight Weekend Guests
Miss Francis Wolfe and Miss Mary Patton Jordan of Richmond visited Miss Emily McCormick. Many Clarke and nearby residents hosted relatives and friends, traveled to Atlantic City, or moved to new posts in banks and local firms.
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Berryville, Va
Francis Wolfe
Mary Patton Jordan
Richmond, Va
Emily McCormick
Child Labor Rules Exemptions Clarified by New Act
The Child Labor Provisions of the new fair labor standards law limit goods with oppressive child labor from interstate commerce. It defines oppression as employment under 16 or 16 to 18 in hazardous or health detrimental work, with Katharine Lenroot administering investigations and prosecutions. Exceptions include agricultural work not hindering schooling and child actors, with penalties up to 10000 dollars or six months, and shipper liability without proving direct product origin within 30 days prior.
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Washington
Sept
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
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Katharine Lenroot
Children's Bureau
Theer Pa
Exonerated guard in Philadelphia isolation heat deaths
A coroner's jury cleared Sergt. James Hart of blame in the Philadelphia prison heat deaths case. Hart had been accused of issuing an unauthorized order to turn on the heat in the isolation block where 25 prisoners were punished, a tragedy that left four inmates dead.
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Philadelphia
Sergt
James Hart
Hart
William B. Mills
Virginia Supreme Court hears four cases in Staunton
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments in four cases yesterday in Staunton. Cases included Annie Margenia Rinker versus Henry Trout from the 17th circuit and George H. Harrison's executor versus Reuben N. Harrison's administrator, with others submitted or continued. K. C. Moore of Harrisonburg qualified to practice before the court. Seventy percent of recent whale catches are taken in Antarctic waters by Norwegian whalers.
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Margaret Layman
K. C. Moore
Harrisonburg
Antarctic
Common carrier duties and liability for violative goods
The text states that a common carrier must accept goods for transport and that law provides no liability for handling goods produced in violation of child labor or wage and hour laws. It targets those who deliver to the carrier, not the carrier itself.
Rats gain intelligence from controlled fever experiments
Ten thousand years of brain evolution appear to be accelerated by daily two minute fever sessions in white rats at Temple University. Over 45 days their maze solving improved and effects lasted 30 days, suggesting better brain circulation from artificial warming.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Columbus
Temple University
Hubert C. Hamilton
Am— Psychological Association
Hamilton
Wistar Institute
John J. B. Morgan
Northtat University
Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Fish Story in Idaho Falls Ends Dramatically
Boyd Clayton hooked a 12 pound salmon near Salmon River rapids. Policeman Paul Crowder said the fish fought hard and he fired to prevent Clayton from being dragged into the rapids.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Boyd Clayton
Salmon River
Paul Crowder
Clayton
Picture Services Bring AP and CP News to The Star
The Star highlights receiving images from Associated Press and Central Press. It emphasizes readers see the best edited pictures, with plans to increase local news photography to boost newspaper appeal.
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the Star
Associated Press
Central Press
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